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.hack// Another Birth Volume 1 (Hack//Another Birth) |
Author: Kazunori Ito
Published: 2006-06-13 |
List price: $7.99
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I never even finished the game but the first part i have no doubt. But when I started to read this i just had to buy it and wanted to know who BlackRose really was. I never though she would be the kind of person she was in real life in the book then how different she was in the game. I was suprised and just could stop reading from start to finish. She made me wish that i was in her shoes o be ablt oplay in the games aong side Kite and have those awsome controls, i was completly jealous. The real BlackRose was so suprising i had to keep on reaing to find out why she played and why she acted the way she does.
 Scion's Say
.hack//Another Birth is a novelization of a video game screenplay. Adding in the fact it was translated from Japanese into English, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that this isn't exactly what you consider quality reading. The narrative is boring, character relationships are rather flat, the dialog is pretty basic (especially in the beginning), and it won't take masterful readers more than 2-3 hours to digest. Casual readers who haven't watched the anime (or for that matter, even know about the anime) should avoid this waste of their money at mimimal costs.
On the other hand...
This book will appeal to longtime fans of the .hack// franchise - which I'm sure is the audience to which this book is being marketed. The book doesn't bring much of anything new to the table and you'll stand shocked as you watch BlackRose and Kite exchange what seems like half of their lines (mostly in the beginning of the book) as seen in .hack//INFECTION (the video game).
I think the best thing that can be said about this book is that it will look good on your shelf along with your other .hack// merchandise. More than enough reason to buy it for collectors like me.
For .hack// fans only
Another birth is a novel written in BlackRose's perspective in the .hack//games (this volume from infection to the beginning of mutation). .hack// is a cult classic so it would be hard for new people to enjoy it. This novel only enforces that fact.
PROS:
*has pictures for people who like them
*its another thing to complement the .hack// library
*gives more insight to the BlackRose, the person behind the avatar and the series in general.
CONS:
*VERY EASY READ
*boring narrative (only true .hack// fans will enjoy)
*the book in general didn't feel like it took much effort, the story telling is lax and doesn't go into depth.
*I can draw the illustrations
This would have been a lot better if it was a manga.
.hack//another birth Infection rocks!
I read the first two novels ( .hack// AI Buster vol.1 and 2) They were great. I loved how they showed somones different point of view instead of looking at Kite, Balmung, or Elk. Well anyway .hack//another birth, infection or as I'd like to call it (HABI) looked at Akira's point of view, her struggles, failures and much more in this novel. The read was great. I really wanted to turn the next page. But then I said to myself ( It's 1:24 in the morning I better just finish up this chapter and get myself to sleep.) Thats how much it drawed me in! For some odd reason all of the novels I've read that where based off of anime's or manga's have been really great.
The author of HABI said he was writing 2 other parts to HABI. I can't wait! And last I STRONGLY reconmend this book to fans of the .hack series or no wait...to anyone! If you love a book with a dose of drama, a bit of action and a pintch of Sci-Fi go and run over to you nearest book store and buy this book! It's only [...]!
An excellent novel for .hack fans.
This is the first book in a series of novels that tell the story of the .hack video game series from the perspective of Akira Hayami, the Japanese teenager who plays the character of BlackRose.
Akira is just a normal teenage girl, who doesn't even like video games much. She prefers to concentrate on her studies and on doing the best she can as a member of her school's tennis team. But when Akira's younger brother, Fumikazu, falls into a coma while playing the popular online role playing game "The World," her priorities change. She decides she will do whatever necessary to save her brother, and she believes the video game is likely responsible. So she creates a character, BlackRose, and enters The World, where she meets Kite, the main character from the games. Kite's best friend also fell into a coma while playing the game, and now he's on a quest to save him. BlackRose decides to help him, and the two uncover the horrifying truth that The World is not just a game and there is real danger in playing it.
I'm a big fan of the .hack series, particularly the video games, so I was very eager to read this novel when I saw it would be coming out in English. I'm happy to say I was not at all disappointed. Akira's point of view gives a fresh perspective to the story, so that it doesn't seem like just an exact repeat of the games. I definitely plan to read the rest of the books in this series when they are released, and I would recommend this book to all .hack fans.
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